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exposure to hepatitis B virus
Laboratory:
1) see hepatitis B serology
2) HBcAb IgM & HBcAb total are indicators of hepatitis B exposure
Notes:
1) exposure does not indicate active infection
2) HBsAb but not HBcAb total may be positive with immunization
Related
hepatitis B virus (HBV)
General
exposure to viral hepatitis
References
- Laboratory Medicine: Test Selection & Interpretation.
Howanitz & Howanitz (eds), Churchill Livingstone, NY,
1991, pg 818-19
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 18
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2018.